REVENUES: Stockbook full of QV to Republic issues, includes 1890 QV 1a telegraph *, 1895 2r-5r overprinted 'POSTAL SERVICE', Special Adhesive 1903 Surcharges '12-A.' on 8r, 'TWELVE/ANNAS' on 20r and '1' & 'ONE' on 50r all apparently unused but with colourless embossing, Small Cause 1868 1a to 5r plus with 'COURT FEES.' in Red 3a and 6a, High Court with 'COURT FEES' in Red on 1a violet, Special Adhesive 1926 KGV 1000r green and brown, India International Passenger Service 1975 15r, Insurance 1980 100r on-piece, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine.
(550+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 856
Symbol: D
REVENUES: Accumulation on Documents and Stamped Paper including KEVII era Burmese cheque printed in Tamil with Chinese characters on the reverse, post-Partition telegrams across the India/East Pakistan border, cheque with attractive green 'BAHCO' advertisement, 1959 document with Indian French and Egyptian revenues, Indian and Burmese Revenue Stamped Paper up to 100r including many values made up of multiple indicia, plus some miscellaneous items, condition generally fine to very fine.
(70+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 857
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1873 (Oct 2) envelope to Illinois, USA with East India QV 2a orange & 8a carmine tied by largely very fine complete 'SEALCOTE - 54' duplex cancel, carried by train with very fine North West Provinces Travelling Post Office 'F/N.W.P./4 OCT1' upright-oval and 'EX/BOMBAY/6 OC/73' transit backstamps, by ship to England with 'LONDON/A/PAID/27OC73' transit on the face, and Trans-Atlantic steamer to the USA with very fine '2/CENTS' postage due handstamp and somewhat contradictory 'CHICAGO, ILL/NOV/14/PAID ALL' arrival both in red also on the face, some transmission marks & edge faults lightly affecting the 8a value. Sealcote (Sialkot) was the scene of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857; It is now located in Pakistan's Punjab. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 858
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1945 (Nov 28) British 3d violet POW Airmail Postal Card to No 2 Camp at Chungkai Thailand but received after Japan had surrendered and redirected to "No 9 IBGH/Ranchi" (= Indian Base General Hospital) with Indian-pattern ' 305 /15NOV45' arrival cds in magenta, minor peripheral damage. Ranchi is in East Bengal. Both FPO 305, and the '305' cds are not recorded by Ted Proud, who states in Volume III at page 303 "...571 to 600 and 611 to 620 were manufactured in this type in error and supplied to the Army Postal Service". Apparently a modern Indian rarity. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 859
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: (late) Forces Air Letter aerogramme with printed 'Greetings from India' elephant illustration in blue on the face and multicoloured 'Christmas and New Year Greetings' illustration of British serviceman, mosque and winter scene inside, used with "Forces Mail" endorsement but uncancelled, docketed "Recd 15/12/45" in pencil on the reverse, light bends & small closed edge tears in the folds. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 860
Symbol: O
INDIA USED ABROAD: QV to KGVI range with some very fine postmarks from Abadan, Andaman Islands, Bahrain, Bandar-Abbas, Bushire, Busrah, Kuwait, Linga, Magil, Mahommera, Pondicherry and Zanzibar, including QV 1882-90 2a6p cancelled by small three bar squared circle, Alan Parsons states they are 'distinctly scarce in Bushire' and 3a cancelled by Parsons C17 double circle broken by date band, Alan Parsons states examples have 'only been found on registered mail and examples are not common' plus many examples of the 'BUSHIRF' inscript variety, scarce 1916 'MAGIL' cds on 1902-11 KEVII 3r, missing from Alan Parsons' sale of 2014. A very good lot.
(75) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 861
Symbol: D
FEUDATORY STATES: Large collection of Stamped Paper and Court Fees on document the best of which including several unused copies, Madhan State rectangular and oval revenues, Jhabua State court fees, Kuthar State 1r manuscript on 2 anna and Stamped Paper both unrecorded, Korea State 2r & 4 annas court fees, two documents with British India & Indore State combination franking, Mahlog State court fees x3 including unrecorded 1 pice 'Two Parrots' Stamped Paper, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 862
Symbol: ODS
FEUDATORY STATES: Large attractive collection of Court Fees Revenues in three well-filled to bulging albums Akalkot-Wankaner, many high rupee values and items unrecorded in Koeppel & Manners, also contains a nice array on documents, many seldom seen items, condition is variable but many are fine to very fine. Perfect for a specialist or someone looking to start a new collection.
(2000+) (Image1)
